Word: withhold
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...resulting tensions come out looking like a religious conflict. In fact, the conflict is ideological, not religious. The political status quo in Africa, like that in any other part of the world, requires religious legitimation. If the churches threaten to withhold it, one or both of two things happen. Either the more out-spoken church leaders are removed (sometimes by assassination, as in the case of Archbishop Luwum of Uganda) or the political system actively encourages the coming to prominence of a traditional religious cult, such as in Kenya in 1969, Chad in 1974, Equitorial Guinea in 1976, and Madagascar...
Bradlee: You're trying to buy news and withhold it to suit your convenience...
...signs of ambivalence. In June, the House Appropriations Committee voted to cut off the $3.1 million in military aid which goes to the regime. But two months later, after heavy pressuring from professional lobbyists hired by Somoza, the committee reversed its vote. The State Department did decide, however, to withhold $12 million in economic assistance to the Somoza government. Admittedly, the President's human rights stand has sparked the emergence of outspoken opposition. And the increasing attacks on Somoza recently appearing in to the columns of Jack Anderson, in The New York Times and The Washington Post have seriously undermined...
...afford these months of preparation and waiting. Resorts International has laid off 600 employees, 75% of its work force at the Chal-fonte-Haddon Hall Hotel. Some investors may be unable to keep up interest payments on their loans unless gambling gets under way soon. Lenders may withhold additional loans until the first casino -probably Resorts International's entry -has been in operation for at least six months. "And by that time," complains one investor, "Miami may have casinos." Not to mention New York's Catskills and Pennsylvania's Poconos...
...strongest base of support, is proving an embarrassment to Carter's "human rights" stance. A report released by Amnesty International last August concluded that "instances of political imprisonment, denial of due process of law, use of torture and summary executions" were extensive. Last month the State Department decided to withhold $12 million in economic assistance, although Congress did approve $3.1 million in military aid to the regime (with the encouragement of professional lobbyists hired by Somoza). U.S. government officials are known to be unhappy about the situation in Nicaragua; a Spanish news weekly recently quoted Assistant Secretary of State Terrence...